I’ve been writing a lot of rather ambitious wordy posts about Himalayan geology (perhaps too many, too ambitious) so I thought I’d give you a post with visual impact for a change. I can’t resist some words of explanation but I hope the pictures would speak for themselves, if I let them. I’ve some pictures… Continue reading Granitic gorgeosity in the high Himalaya
Category: Himalaya
Continental tectonics
This post is part of my journey into the geology of mountains. Plate tectonics is one of the most successful scientific concepts of the Twentieth Century. It revolutionised the study of the Earth and is one of the few cases where the term paradigm shift can correctly be used. The theory describes the earth in terms… Continue reading Continental tectonics
A journey through the geology of mountains
This post is part of my journey into the geology of mountains. I’ve got a picture of Mount Everest to show you. It is gorgeous. I’ve got a plan to rhapsodise for a good while about its Geology, too. I’m going to make you wait though, so I can be sure that you understand what I’m… Continue reading A journey through the geology of mountains